Capitol Hill Seattle Blog says the Egyptian Theatre is closing at the end of this month. Film lover Sean Gilman (who appropriately enough tweets as @TheEndofCinema) sets the closing date as June 27th.
Another @LTSeattle theatre gone. As of June 27th the Egyptian Theatre is closed. That's three in just over two years.
— Sean Gilman (@TheEndofCinema) June 16, 2013
@pobrecito Don't know. Apparently SCCC was unhappy with their lease proposal. Maybe they got a better offer (like w/Neptune & Metro).
— Sean Gilman (@TheEndofCinema) June 16, 2013
Landmark Theatres, which runs the Egyptian (as well as the Harvard Exit, the Guild 45th, The Seven Gables, the Varsity, and the Crest), has not yet issued a statement. We don't yet know if the Egyptian is staying open under new ownership, or if it's simply closing for good, so you might want to wait to make your "Capitol Hill/Cinema is dead" arguments until we know the whole story.
My heart goes out to the employees at the Egyptian, who have always been absolutely wonderful movie nerds.